A visit to the Penny Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Penny Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Penny Cemetery:
35.2976, -85.9975
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Penny Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Penny Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Winchester. Winchester lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Penny Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Penny Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Penny Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Camp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Camp Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- New Brick Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Featherston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Featherston Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherston Cemetery
- Roe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Roe Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Cemetery
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Herriford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Herriford Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriford Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- Partin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Partin Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partin Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Swann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Swann Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gipson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gipson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipson Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Wileman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wileman Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wileman Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- Finney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Finney Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney Cemetery
- Buckner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Buckner Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Cemetery
- Braton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Braton Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braton Cemetery
- Featherston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Featherston Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Featherston Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Decherd.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11916 <5>
- B.F. Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The B.F. Morris Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B.F. Morris Cemetery
- The B.F. Morris Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin Franklin Morris Cemetery
- Swann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Swann Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann Cemetery
- Alto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Alto Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Cemetery
- Henley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Henley Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley Cemetery
- Floyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Floyd Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Penny Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenhaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Pelham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Estill Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decherd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sewanee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Sand Switch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Monteagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Royal Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Winton Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Tullahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tracy City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Homaway Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Lankford Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Forest Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Penny Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Penny Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Altamont
- Cowan
- Manchester
- Sewanee
- Tracy City
- Tullahoma
- Winchester
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Penny Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Franklin County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Penny Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1297156 (Penny Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1297156 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 302 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Alto
- Location given for Penny Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.2975811 Lon: -85.9974825
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Penny Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |